各類外文文獻的文後參考文獻格式與中文示例相同，其中題名的首字母及各個實詞的首字母應大寫，期刊的刊名可用全稱或按iso4規定的縮寫格式，為了減少外文刊名引用不規範所造成的引文統計及連結誤差，建議以(sx x x x -x x x x )格式在刊名後加issn號。例:
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